PERIPHERAL VASCULAR ELECTIVE
Direct supervision by Peripheral Vascular Surgery senior residents, fellows, and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all of the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Complete independent activities including some or all of the following: reading about patient conditions and preparing for direct patient care as needed. Attend conferences associated with the assigned general surgery service. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors; these are dependent on the individual student, the patients under the student's care, and the location.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis for medical and surgical conditions Audience: Graduate 3. Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify the working diagnosis Audience: Graduate 4. Present a diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 5. Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members Audience: Graduate 6. Develop and implement effective patient management plans Audience: Graduate 7. Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner Audience: Graduate 8. Review, interpret, and present current literature to support patient care Audience: Graduate 9. Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians and non-physician team members Audience: Graduate 10. Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care Audience: Graduate 11. Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures Audience: Graduate 12. Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families Audience: Graduate 13. Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate Audience: Graduate 14. Observe the process of obtaining informed consent prior to surgical intervention Audience: Graduate 15. Recognize perioperative conditions that determine patient level of care and interpret physiologic changes that require changing that level of care Audience: Graduate 16. Perform minor procedures with supervision Audience: Graduate 17. Demonstrate the ability to manage time and understand, access, and utilize the resources and systems necessary to provide optimal patient care Audience: Graduate 18. Engage Phase 2 medical students in patient management plans, decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures, and review of current literature Audience: Graduate 19. Demonstrate self-directed learning Audience: Graduate 20. Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis for medical and surgical conditions Audience: Graduate 3. Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify the working diagnosis Audience: Graduate 4. Present a diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 5. Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members Audience: Graduate 6. Develop and implement effective patient management plans Audience: Graduate 7. Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner Audience: Graduate 8. Review, interpret, and present current literature to support patient care Audience: Graduate 9. Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians and non-physician team members Audience: Graduate 10. Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care Audience: Graduate 11. Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures Audience: Graduate 12. Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families Audience: Graduate 13. Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate Audience: Graduate 14. Observe the process of obtaining informed consent prior to surgical intervention Audience: Graduate 15. Recognize perioperative conditions that determine patient level of care and interpret physiologic changes that require changing that level of care Audience: Graduate 16. Perform minor procedures with supervision Audience: Graduate 17. Demonstrate the ability to manage time and understand, access, and utilize the resources and systems necessary to provide optimal patient care Audience: Graduate 18. Engage Phase 2 medical students in patient management plans, decision making regarding tests, orders, and procedures, and review of current literature Audience: Graduate 19. Demonstrate self-directed learning Audience: Graduate 20. Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027